Who Was Alive

Were Thomas Jefferson and Charles Darwin alive at the same time?

Yes. Thomas Jefferson and Charles Darwin were alive at the same time for 17 years, from 1809 to 1826.

Thomas Jefferson was 65 when Charles Darwin was born.

Charles Darwin was 17 when Thomas Jefferson died, aged 83.

Thomas Jefferson

Founding Father, U.S. president from 1801 to 1809

Born 2 April 1743 (Julian calendar) · died 4 July 1826, aged 83

Charles Darwin

English naturalist and biologist

Born 12 February 1809 · died 19 April 1882, aged 73

  1. Thomas Jefferson
  2. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  3. Napoleon
  4. Charles Darwin
  5. Abraham Lincoln
  6. Karl Marx
  7. Vladimir Lenin
  8. Albert Einstein
Thomas Jefferson and Charles Darwin in bold, with some of their best-known contemporaries. Drag across to see the age each reached in any year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.